Table 2 Priorities for a GPwSI service. Based on the question "Please rate the priority of the following specific issues a respiratory GPwSI might address?" Score: 0 is no priority, 5 is top priority
Priorities | Â | Ratings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N* | Mean | 95% CI |
Reducing acute respiratory admissions | 38 | 4.5 | 4.3 to 4.7 |
Raising standards of respiratory care in practice | 37 | 4.3 | 4.0 to 4.5 |
Reducing respiratory outpatient referrals | 37 | 4.0 | 3.7 to 4.3 |
Strategic planning of respiratory services | 34 | 3.9 | 3.6 to 4.3 |
Reducing respiratory outpatient referral waiting times | 35 | 3.8 | 3.5 to 4.1 |
Improving access to spirometry | 36 | 3.6 | 3.3 to 3.9 |
Coordination of General Medical Services quality framework for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 34 | 3.6 | 3.4 to 3.9 |
More appropriate home oxygen use | 33 | 3.2 | 3.0 to 3.5 |
Development of management templates/coordinated data collection and extraction | 34 | 3.2 | 2.8 to 3,6 |
More appropriate home nebuliser use | 32 | 3.2 | 2.9 to 3.5 |
Provision of an allergy service | 30 | 1.9 | 1.7 to 2.2 |